In a statement released on Monday, the NUJ described the killings as part of a troubling pattern of insecurity that continues to shake the foundations of the country and stain Nigeria’s reputation on the global stage.
“These killings, in Yelwata, are not isolated,” the union said. “They come in succession to other tragedies across the nation, underlining a systemic failure that diminishes public confidence and tarnishes the international image of Nigeria.”
The union emphasized that the security of lives and property remains the most basic and sacred obligation of government — a duty, it lamented, that Nigerian leaders have struggled to uphold over the past 15 years.
Drawing on Nigeria’s history of peacekeeping across Africa, the NUJ questioned the country’s apparent inability to maintain peace within its own borders.
